Not exact matches
Not for much longer: it's shifting output to Vietnam to secure even lower wages and defend profit margins as growth in
sales of high -
end handsets slows.
We just received word from our friends at Beejive that their brand new version of BeejiveIM for BlackBerry
handsets launches today, and is even on
sale until the
end of the year at only $ 9.99 / $ 14.95 (single license or transferable license).
Midweek, Sony Ericsson announced a remote with a screen for Android, Vodafone unveiled their own - name
handsets for Christmas and towards the
end of the week Nokia's N8 began shipping and the BlackBerry Torch 9800 went on
sale through Phones 4U.
Although released at the
end of last year on iPhone, since becoming available on other
handsets in 2010,
sales have leapt to more than 36 million worldwide.
And while it's not the newer Android 8.1 featured in Google's Pixel
handsets, the Honor View 10 and the Essential Phone, it thankfully isn't Nougat, which can still be found in a glut of lower -
end devices on
sale these days.
The Asha line of
handsets meets a certain need — the low -
end market where there is room for
sales growth, but it lacks in another: Support for Microsoft apps and services.
The Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus officially went on
sale last Friday following a two - week pre-order period, having been commercialized in around 70 countries, whereas the two
handsets are also planned to be released in 40 additional markets by the
end of the month, according to Samsung.
These entry - level
handsets feature low -
end specs to appeal to budget - sensitive buyers; in the US, for example, the M330 went on
sale last month for just $ 99 SIM - free and unlocked.
Despite starting out with virtually no brand recognition, OnePlus managed to spread the word about its
handset, turning consumer interest into around a million
sales by the
end of the year.
The lower -
end (by today's standards)
handset was scheduled to go on
sale in February, but at least it's here now, complete with its 3.5 - inch HGVA screen, a 3.2 - megapixel camera and 1 GHz processor.
With Lumia
sales on the decline and Microsoft's plan to not produce a large amount of
handsets, it's clear we're witnessing the
end of Windows Phone.
Smartphones
sales may be approaching saturation (especially in the USA), but iPhone
sales at the
end of 2012 were just 10 % of global phone
sales — and 17 % of global contract
sales, which is more relevant since it reflects the subsidised market (of course, the possible decline of subsidies is another, rather separate bear story for any
handset sold for over $ 200).
The company became famous for launching «flagship killers» with high -
end specs at a fraction of the cost of other comparable flagships, but for a good while it had an invite - only
sales system that significantly limited the
handsets» availability.
While the Honor brand has completed more than 20 million
sales all over the worldwide and they're planning to sell 2 million
handsets in India by the
end of this year.
For the premium
end of
handset sales, Lenovo is planning on using Motorola's branding as already said.